Withrow, Jean, 1937-
Inspired to Write : Readings and Tasks to Develop Writing Skills / Jean Withrow, Gay Brookes, and Martha Clark Cummings. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - xiii, 226 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Cambridge Academic Writing .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Inspired to Write is a readings-based writing-skills book. It is ideal for young adults and high school students who are in a multicultural learning environment and who need to develop their writing skills. The readings are from a wide variety of genres - academic discourse, fiction, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, personal essays - and are written by authors from a broad spectrum of cultural backgrounds. Writing instruction helps students produce both personal and academic essays.
Features: 45 thought-provoking readings that will inspire students to on a variety of high-interest topics
"Writers' Toolboxes" dispersed throughout the text that encapsulate what writing students need to know to write both personal and academic essays Revision sections in which students develop selected pieces of their writing and take them through a multi-draft writing process
A collaborative approach to writing instruction that encourages students to share and discuss their writing" (Book Covers)
TABLE OF CONTENTS: To the Instructor To the Student Authors' Acknowledgements Map of the World UNIT 1: Becoming
FAMILY ORIGINS Brothers /
The Brown Hen /
Memory: My Mother /
There Was Rice at Every Meal /
Bret Lott
Esmerelda Santiago
Amy Tan
Eric Koji Stowe
Revision BETWEEN TWO CULTURES
Safe /
I Answer to "Elaine" /
Translating Means Growing Up Fast
No Comprendo
Cherylene Lee
M. Elaine Mar
/ Misha Kratochvil
/ Barbara Mujica
Revision HEROES
Five New Words at a Time /
My Family Hero /
An Act of Courage /
Yu-Lan (Mary) Ying
Katarzyna McCarthy
Ian Frazier
Revision IDENTITY
Believing in the True Self /
Becoming a Writer /
homage to my hips / The Search for Identity /
Smoking /
Gloria Steinem
Russell Baker
Lucille Clifton
Laurence Steinberg & Ann Levine
Judith Rich Harris
Revision UNIT 2: New Vistas and Ventures
OPENING NEW DOORS
The First Day /
A Walk to the Jetty /
On Turning Fifty /
The Transitions of Life / Edward P. Jones
Jamaica Kincaid
Judy Scales-Trent
Carole Wade & Carol Tavris
Revision DATING AND MARRIAGE
Pebbles /
Kids Talk about Dating across Cultural Lines /
Weddings /
Iê thi diem thùy
Fauziya Kissindja & Layli Miller Bashir
Revision WORK
The First Job /
Behind the Counter /
To be of use /
The Model Medic / Sandra Cisneros
Eric Schlosser
Marge Piercy
Sarah Freeman
Revision EXPLORING EMOTIONS
Hope Emerges As Key to Success in Life /
It's O.K. to Cry: Tears Are Not Just a Bid for Attention /
Going Through the House /
Black Steer Canyon /
Daniel Goleman
Jane Brody
Claire Braz-Valentine
Terry Tempest Williams
Revision UNIT 3: A Changing World
HEALTH
Kids and Chemicals /
War on Disease /
No Laughing Matter /
Elizabeth Guillette
Rick Weiss
Sophie Petit-Zerman
Revision ENVIRONMENT
The Mercury's Rising /
Warming Seas Prompt Tuvalu Evacuation /
Buzzard /
The Brave Little Parrot /
Sharon Begley
Bailey White
Rafe Martin
Revision GENDER ROLES
Taming Macho Ways /
Women and Work: Around the World, Women Earn Less /
Battling Chauvinism to Do a Man's Job /
First Lullabye /
Elvia Alvarado
Patricia Kirkpatrick
Revision INTO THE FUTURE
Kill Your Television /
Lectures vs. Laptops /
Letters
The 20th Century: What's Worth Saving? /
Entering the Twenty-First Century /
Bill Duesing
Ian Ayres
Jay Walljasper & Jon Spayde
Thich Nhat Hanh
Revision Peer Feedback Form Index of Toolboxes Index of Readings Index of Authors Acknowledgments Art Credits
0521537118 (pbk)
2004045186
College readers.
Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.
PE1417 / .W5638 2004
Inspired to Write : Readings and Tasks to Develop Writing Skills / Jean Withrow, Gay Brookes, and Martha Clark Cummings. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - xiii, 226 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Cambridge Academic Writing .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Inspired to Write is a readings-based writing-skills book. It is ideal for young adults and high school students who are in a multicultural learning environment and who need to develop their writing skills. The readings are from a wide variety of genres - academic discourse, fiction, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, personal essays - and are written by authors from a broad spectrum of cultural backgrounds. Writing instruction helps students produce both personal and academic essays.
Features: 45 thought-provoking readings that will inspire students to on a variety of high-interest topics
"Writers' Toolboxes" dispersed throughout the text that encapsulate what writing students need to know to write both personal and academic essays Revision sections in which students develop selected pieces of their writing and take them through a multi-draft writing process
A collaborative approach to writing instruction that encourages students to share and discuss their writing" (Book Covers)
TABLE OF CONTENTS: To the Instructor To the Student Authors' Acknowledgements Map of the World UNIT 1: Becoming
FAMILY ORIGINS Brothers /
The Brown Hen /
Memory: My Mother /
There Was Rice at Every Meal /
Bret Lott
Esmerelda Santiago
Amy Tan
Eric Koji Stowe
Revision BETWEEN TWO CULTURES
Safe /
I Answer to "Elaine" /
Translating Means Growing Up Fast
No Comprendo
Cherylene Lee
M. Elaine Mar
/ Misha Kratochvil
/ Barbara Mujica
Revision HEROES
Five New Words at a Time /
My Family Hero /
An Act of Courage /
Yu-Lan (Mary) Ying
Katarzyna McCarthy
Ian Frazier
Revision IDENTITY
Believing in the True Self /
Becoming a Writer /
homage to my hips / The Search for Identity /
Smoking /
Gloria Steinem
Russell Baker
Lucille Clifton
Laurence Steinberg & Ann Levine
Judith Rich Harris
Revision UNIT 2: New Vistas and Ventures
OPENING NEW DOORS
The First Day /
A Walk to the Jetty /
On Turning Fifty /
The Transitions of Life / Edward P. Jones
Jamaica Kincaid
Judy Scales-Trent
Carole Wade & Carol Tavris
Revision DATING AND MARRIAGE
Pebbles /
Kids Talk about Dating across Cultural Lines /
Weddings /
Iê thi diem thùy
Fauziya Kissindja & Layli Miller Bashir
Revision WORK
The First Job /
Behind the Counter /
To be of use /
The Model Medic / Sandra Cisneros
Eric Schlosser
Marge Piercy
Sarah Freeman
Revision EXPLORING EMOTIONS
Hope Emerges As Key to Success in Life /
It's O.K. to Cry: Tears Are Not Just a Bid for Attention /
Going Through the House /
Black Steer Canyon /
Daniel Goleman
Jane Brody
Claire Braz-Valentine
Terry Tempest Williams
Revision UNIT 3: A Changing World
HEALTH
Kids and Chemicals /
War on Disease /
No Laughing Matter /
Elizabeth Guillette
Rick Weiss
Sophie Petit-Zerman
Revision ENVIRONMENT
The Mercury's Rising /
Warming Seas Prompt Tuvalu Evacuation /
Buzzard /
The Brave Little Parrot /
Sharon Begley
Bailey White
Rafe Martin
Revision GENDER ROLES
Taming Macho Ways /
Women and Work: Around the World, Women Earn Less /
Battling Chauvinism to Do a Man's Job /
First Lullabye /
Elvia Alvarado
Patricia Kirkpatrick
Revision INTO THE FUTURE
Kill Your Television /
Lectures vs. Laptops /
Letters
The 20th Century: What's Worth Saving? /
Entering the Twenty-First Century /
Bill Duesing
Ian Ayres
Jay Walljasper & Jon Spayde
Thich Nhat Hanh
Revision Peer Feedback Form Index of Toolboxes Index of Readings Index of Authors Acknowledgments Art Credits
0521537118 (pbk)
2004045186
College readers.
Report writing--Problems, exercises, etc.
English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.
PE1417 / .W5638 2004